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cry, I shall get well." After getting her to bed, a physician was called, and every suitable application made, though he thought her recovery impossible. Her sufferings were beyond description, or the power of sheding [[shedding]] tears; and in proportion thereto, she seemed to be invested with astonishing fortitude. One day she cried out, "Oh! gracious Father, have mercy on a poor child. - Mistress, I will try to bear it as well as I can." This was very evident to those who attended her, and the gratitude she manifested for kindnesses received was lively, frequently expressing a hope that the Lord would please to let her live to pay master and mistress, and indeed all who waited on her, for the trouble she gave them.
3. At another time, conversing with her mistress, she said, "The Lord made the world, and every body in it, and made us all to die, and thee must die, mistress as well as I." Again, when her mistress entered her room, "O! mistress, every thing that I have done has come before me this day." On her inquiring what things they were, the child replied, "that she had frequently, when she called her, waited, (meaning for her fellow-servants to go) but that she never would again but run whenever she heard her"
4. Her school-mates often visited her, and brought her little presents. She advised them to be very careful about fire, and not get burnt as she was, and would gratefully acknowledge how very kind every one was to her. She lay six weeks in great bodily sufferings; during which time, she was a remarkable instance and example of patience.
5. Her mistress often spoke to her on the subject of death, but she did not appear to resign herself to it until the day before it occurred. She then told her she was willing and ready to go at any time, and spoke with great composure of her burial. In the extremity of her pain she frequently cried out, "Oh! gracious Father, have mercy on a poor child." About eight hours previous to her close, she lay perfectly quiet, and departed as one falling into a sweet sleep, and has no doubt entered into everlasting rest.

LOTT CAREY.
From a Richmond (Virginia) Paper - 1825
1. This interesting individual, who is now a Missionary at Monrovia, in Africa, was born a slave in Charles City County, about thirty miles below this city, on the estate of William A. Christian. In 1804, he was sent to this city, and hired out by the year as a common labourer at the Shockoe warehouse. this time, and for two or three years after, he was excessively profane, and much addicted to intoxication. But God, who is rich in mercy, was pleased to awaken him to a sense of his lost estate, and about the year 1807, he was baptized.
2. Hearing a sermon about this time, founded on our Lord's interview with Nicodemus, awakened in him so strong a desire to be able to read, that he obtained a Testament, and commenced learning his letters, by trying to read that chapter. He was occasionally instructed by young gentlemen at the warehouse, though he never attended a regular school. In a little time he was able to read, and write so as to make dray tickets, and superintend the shipping of tobacco. In this business, and in overseeing the labour of the other hands in the warehouse, he was particularly useful; so much so, that he received $800 salary in 1820, the last year he remained there; and could have received a larger sum, if he would have continued.
3. About the year of 1813 his wife died, and shortly after, he bought himself and two little children for $850.* He married again, and lost his second wife
*The manner in which he obtained this sum of money to purchase himself and his children, reflects much credit to his character. It will be seen from the salary he received after he was free and which he relinquished for the sake of doing good in Africa, that his services at the warehouse were highly estimated; but of their real value, no one except a dealer in tobacco can form an idea. Notwithstanding the hundreds of hogsheads that were committed to his charge, he could produce any one the instant it was called for; and the shipments were made with a promptness, and correctness, such as no person, white

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